{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2025-07-16","airworthiness_ops":"Unmanned aircraft, research and development","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2024-03-20","city":"LA MESA","country_code":"US","county_code":"073","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":1,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-10-23","maker":"Wayfarer Acft Research & Dvlpt","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"WAYFARER ACFT RESEARCH & DVLPT","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"06102G4","mode_s_code":"50461465","mode_s_hex":"A26335","model":"WARD 1","n_number":"N253FW","name":"WAYFARER AIRCRAFT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"ST. AUGUSTINE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1995-05-05","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"MIA95LA126","probable_cause":"INADEQUATE FUEL MANAGEMENT BY THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND RESULTING IN THE TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN ENCOUNTERED DURING THE EMERGENCY DESCENT FOR THE FORCED LANDING.","registration":"N253FW","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on May 5, 1995 at St. Augustine, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N253FW is a Wayfarer Acft Research & Dvlpt WARD 1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor powered by electric motors, built in 2024. It is unmanned. It is registered to Wayfarer Aircraft Research And Development INC, a corporation in La Mesa, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 20, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated July 16, 2025.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Wayfarer Aircraft Research And Development INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 20, 2024, expires March 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated July 16, 2025, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CFC1821240214 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N253FW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Focke-Wulf FWP 149D (serial 253, cancelled January 3, 2011). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N253FW: Accident on May 5, 1995 at St. Augustine, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":0,"serial_number":"CFC1821240214","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"8505 ROCKLEDGE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01440159","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N253FW","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2024,"zip":"919417923"}